#998196#998196

#998196 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.042 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998196
RGB	rgb(153, 129, 150)
HSL	hsl(308, 11%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(308, 16%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, 13.00, -7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 15.17, 328.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% 0.0363 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.042 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4915, 24.6753, 32.2155)
Luminance	0.2467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998196 #819984

analogous

#908199 #998196 #99818A

triadic

#998196 #969981 #819699

tetradic

#998196 #999081 #819984 #818A99

square

#998196 #999081 #819984 #818A99

split-complementary

#998196 #8A9981 #819990

monochromatic

#584756 #7A6377 #998196 #B4A3B2 #D0C5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#998196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#998196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998196

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998196	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B8288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 129, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.042 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a5b4',
    500: '#998196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998196;
$custom-light: #b7a5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6322,
    "c": 0.04188,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998196

secondary

#B6C0B7

accent

#B37C74

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #998196

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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